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| Author: |
Perlès, Alfred |
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SOLD BY PRIVATE TREATYOne-page typed letter signed with holograph postscript, to Henry Miller |
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Dorset |
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Dec. 4, 1978 |
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196313 |
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424 |
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211 |
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| The Library of Roger Wagner |
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03/18/2010 |
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1pm PST |
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$ 200 |
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$ 300 |
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| Description: |
| 1 page TLs, with holograph postscript at left margin, signed Fred. 9x7, in original mailed envelope. Accompanied by a 3½x5 black and white photograph of Perlès kissing a younger female lover, identified as Ceres (who died of a drug overdose the following year). |
| Perlès addresses the subject of death, after having learned that their mutual friend Joseph Delteil had died: "...The news of his death came as a shock to me, though I knew all along that people do die eventually. And at our advanced age it shouldn't be a surprise that old friends keep dying right and left. I wonder who's next in line, but I don't think it will be you, Joey. You're too tough and too resilient to let a few physical infirmities gain the upper hand. And I remember your fortune teller (in Colossus of Maroussi) reassuring you that you'll never die. That's nonsense, of course, the man was either a clairvoyant idiot or simply illiterate. All living organisms are bound to die, else there could be no life...At any rate, I've no fear of death, nor even of dying. Can't be too bad. And it's useless to speculate on what comes after. Best attitude to take is to wait and see. Some happy days are still in store for you, Joey...." |
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| Fine. |
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